The history of the Old Believer Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin dates back to the 18th century. Before Borisovshchina was included in the Russian Empire in 1793, three Uniate churches stood in the central square of the city: the Resurrection of Christ, the Transfiguration of the Savior, and the Trinity Church, built in the second half of the 18th century. After 1793, the churches came under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church. And in 1803, the Trinity Church was moved to the churchyard of the former Resurrection Monastery and made an attached cemetery. In the second half of the 1820s, the church was repaired and re-consecrated in honor of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called. By the end of the 19th century, the church had fallen into disrepair. During the Soviet period, the church was sometimes closed, sometimes reopened, and in 1961 it was closed permanently, handing over the building to the city food trade department. In 1989, the building was handed over to the Old Believer community, which restored, furnished and consecrated the church according to its canons.
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